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Royal Rumble Stats

2010 Royal Rumble

Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia

Men’s Royal Rumble 2010

Winner Edge entered at number 29

Match time
49:24
Entrants
30
Most eliminations
6 Shawn Michaels
Longest time in match
27:11 John Cena

The last five draws are 26 to 30 in this match, and are marked in the chart above. They enter against a field that is already thinning, which is the long-standing argument that a late number is an advantage.

Bar positions are derived, not recorded. No source publishes entry and elimination timestamps; they are solved from entry order, the published times in match and the recorded elimination order. The ring-population curve below reads the same solved times. The times in the table below are as published.

8 in the ring at once, the most longest stretch with nobody going out: 7:04

What it led to

Threads that start in this match and pay off later. Editorial rather than computed — each one cites where it comes from.

  1. Michaels fails to win it, and puts his career up to get the match he wants

    Michaels could not win the Rumble and could not qualify for the Elimination Chamber, so he cost The Undertaker the World Heavyweight Championship instead to force a rematch of their previous WrestleMania. The Undertaker agreed on one condition: if Michaels lost, he retired.

    WrestleMania XXVI 56 days later

    The Undertaker beat Shawn Michaels to go 18-0, and Michaels retired

    Shawn Michaels, The Undertaker

    Source: Wikipedia, retrieved 7 August 2026

  2. Cena throws Batista out, and it starts something

    Cena eliminated Batista from the Rumble match, which began the conflict between them. It ran through Batista taking the WWE Championship from Cena at Elimination Chamber on McMahon's order.

    WrestleMania XXVI 56 days later

    John Cena beat Batista to regain the WWE Championship

    John Cena, Batista

    Source: Wikipedia, retrieved 7 August 2026

2010 men entrants
#EntrantEnteredEliminatedTime in matchPlacementEliminationsEliminated byWrestlers eliminated
1Dolph Ziggler0:002:292:29290CM Punknone
2Evan Bourne0:002:262:26300CM Punknone
3CM Punk1:3311:3710:04245Triple HBeth Phoenix, Dolph Ziggler, Evan Bourne, JTG, Zack Ryder
4JTG3:063:310:25280CM Punknone
5The Great Khali4:396:161:37270Beth Phoenixnone
6Beth Phoenix6:117:501:39261CM PunkThe Great Khali
7Zack Ryder7:448:160:32250CM Punknone
8Triple H9:1727:1217:55143Shawn MichaelsCM Punk, Drew McIntyre, Kane
9Drew McIntyre10:5025:3314:43150Shawn Michaels, Triple Hnone
10Ted DiBiase Jr.12:2326:0313:40170Shawn Michaelsnone
11John Morrison13:5625:3311:37160Shawn Michaelsnone
12Kane15:2924:288:59201Triple HMatt Hardy
13Cody Rhodes17:0125:558:54180Shawn Michaelsnone
14MVP18:3418:410:07231unknownThe Miz
15Carlito20:0725:165:09190Shawn Michaelsnone
16The Miz21:4021:570:17220MVPnone
17Matt Hardy23:1323:330:20210Kanenone
18Shawn Michaels24:4648:3123:4546BatistaCarlito, Cody Rhodes, Drew McIntyre, John Morrison, Ted DiBiase Jr., Triple H
19John Cena26:1853:2927:1124EdgeBatista, Kofi Kingston, Shelton Benjamin, Yoshi Tatsu
20Shelton Benjamin27:5128:390:48130John Cenanone
21Yoshi Tatsu29:2429:530:29120John Cenanone
22Big Show30:5736:015:0491R-TruthChris Masters
23Mark Henry32:3035:393:09100R-Truthnone
24Chris Masters34:0334:320:29110Big Shownone
25R-Truth35:3639:584:2272Kofi KingstonBig Show, Mark Henry
26Jack Swagger37:0839:142:0680Kofi Kingstonnone
27Kofi Kingston38:4141:503:0962John CenaJack Swagger, R-Truth
28Chris Jericho40:1442:382:2450Edgenone
29Edge (winner)41:477:3712Chris Jericho, John Cena
30Batista43:2048:445:2431John CenaShawn Michaels

Entry and elimination times are derived, not recorded: no source publishes them. They are solved from entry order, published times in match and the recorded elimination order, around a nominal 93-second interval. Times in match are as published.

Sources: wikipedia (primary), darrenswinloss